• Ph.D (IISc. Bangalore)
• M.E. (IISc. Bangalore)
• B. Tech (Univ. of Kerala - TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

Academic Positions

• Professor, IIM Kozhikode (2008-Till date)
• Associate Professor, IIM Kozhikode (2002-2008)

Awards

• Best Research Paper Award (2019) - 12th IBA International Conference on Corporate Spiritual and Social Responsibility
• Co-recipient of Wipro Earthian Award (2017, 2016, 2015, 2011)
• Co-recipient of Best research paper award, COSMAR, IIM Bangalore (2011)
• Co-recipient of Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award (Highly Commended, 2011)
• AIMS Excellence Award (2008)
• Excellence Award, KRDL Singapore (2001)
• University Gold Medal (B Tech), Kerala Univesity (1987)

Current Projects

ICT for Sustainable Development

Other Professional Appointments

• Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore (Currently known as I2R) (1995-2001)
• Tata Elxsi India (Pvt) Ltd., Bangalore (1993-95)

Recent Consulting / Other Assignments

The Impact of the Optical Fibre Infrastructure Being Created and Utilized in the State of Kerala (Bharat Broadband Networks Limited)

Research Areas

• Information Systems - Digital Transformation, Disruptive Digital Technologies
• Social Impact of ICT - Green and Sustainable Computing, Values and Ethics in IT
• Sustainable Development - Role of ICT, Systems Thinking, Spirituality
• Business Analytics - Queueing Theory, Stochastic Models

Significant Publications

• Parvathi J. and R. R Pillai, Assessing the Business Dimensions of Green IT Transformation: A Case of an Indian IT Organisation, International Journal of Information Technology Management (To appear)
• Jithesh A.and R R Pilali (2019), Role of ICT in Containing Air Pollution: A Systems Thinking Approach, International Conference on Digital Economy (ICDE 2019).
• R. Radhakrishna Pillai and Anil Kumar G. (2018), Balancing Spiritual Qualities Leads to Sustainability ?, AOM Annual Meeting 2018.
• Parvathi J. and R R Pilali (2018), India Posts putting its best leg forward: A case on ICT4D, International Conference on Information Resources Management.
• Parvathi J. and R R Pilali (2018), Exploring ICT and Culture congruency in Sustainable Development: A Cross-Country Analysis, COSMAR 2018.
• Krishnadas, N., & Pillai, R. (2017), "The influence of Green IS implementation on Competitive advantage: Mediation Role of Green Innovation Performance", Journal- Information Systems Management, 34(1), 3-19.
• Pillai, RR. (2016), "The Complementary Role of Science, Spirituality & Ethics For a New World Order - The Golden Age", Nitte Management Review, 10(1), 1-19.
• R. Radhakrishna Pillai (2016), Equanimity: An Essential Divine Virtue for Decision Making, Journal of Nehru School of Management - Special Issue on Realm of Management in Bhagavad Gita (Dec 2016), 19-25.
• Parvathi, J, Pillai, RR. (2016), "Sustainable ICT Practices and CSR: An Indian Scenario", Bloomsbury International Publishing
• Parvathi, J., Pillai, RR. (2016), "An Integrated Model for E-waste Management in India Using Systems Thinking", Management and Labour Studies, 41(1), 1-11.
• Pillai, RR., Anil Kumar G., & Nanath K. (2015) "Role of Self Managing Leadership in Crisis Management: An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of Rajayoga",IIMK Society & Management Review, 4(1), 15-37.
• Nanath, K., & Pillai, R. (2014), " Green Information Technology: Literature Review and Research Domains", Journal of Management Systems, 24(1), 57-79
• Nanath, K., & Pillai, R. R. (2014). "Information Systems Flexibility for Green Technologies". In Organisational Flexibility and Competitiveness (pp. 181-195).
• Nanath, K., & Pillai, R. (2013). "A Model for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cloud Computing". Journal Of International Technology & Information Management, 22(3), 93-117
• Krishnadas, N., & Pillai, R. (2013, January). Green IT Implementation: Intention and Actual behavior in Green IT. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2013, No. 1, p. 12890). Academy of Management.
• Krishnadas N and Radhakrishna Pillai R (2012), “A model for Sustainability of Green IT initiatives”, in proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems 2012 (ICIS 2012), Orlando, Florida
• Krishnadas N and Radhakrishna Pillai R (2012), "Cloud Computing Diagnosis: A comprehensive study" (Book Chapter) in Service-Oriented Methodology and Technologies for Cloud Computing published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.).
• Krishnadas N. and Pillai, R (2011) `Designing a Grid Computing Architecture: A case study of Green Computing
• R. Radhakrishna Pillai (2008), “Role of Spirituality and Technology in Management”, Sixth AIMS International Conference on Management (AIMS6), New Delhi, December 28-31,2008.
• R. Radhakrishna Pillai (2001), “A Distributed Overload Control Algorithm for Delay Bounded Call Setup, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 9, No. 6, December 2001, pp. 780-789 .
• R. Radhakrishna Pillai, Jit Biswas, and Utpal Mukherji (1999), “Throughput Performance of Distributed Applications in Switched Networks in Presence of End-system Bottlenecks", Jl. of Telecommunications Systems, 12(4), pp. 369-387.

Working Papers

1.   Green IT at Wipro: A Sustainable Solution?
Krishnadas N,R.Radhakrishna Pillai    (2013)    Abstract